Technology, Health and Cognition Lab

Email Address: cbsc@wlu.edu
Department Head: Julie Woodzicka 540-458-8834 woodzickaj@wlu.edu&nbsp;
Administrative Assistant: Sarah Barrash Wilson 540-458-8833 wilsons@wlu.edu
Mailing Address: Parmly 230 204 West Washington Street Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia 24450

Wythe Whiting, PhD, and Karla Murdock, PhD

Drs. Wythe Whiting and Karla Murdock study associations between technology and social media use, affect valuation, cognitive patterns, well-being, and physiological functioning.

Publications with students (* indicates a student author)
Whiting, W.L., & Murdock, K.K. (2021). Notification Alert! Effects of auditory text alerts on attention and heart rate variability across three developmental periods. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.

Murdock, K.K., Carlucci*, L., & Balsamo*, M. (2019). A cross-cultural investigation of co-rumination via cellphone among emerging adults. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 38, 671-703.

Murdock, K.K., Adams, S., Crichlow-Ball*, C., Horissian*, M., & Roberts*, M. (2019). Nighttime notifications and compulsivity illuminate the link between emerging adults' cellphone use and sleep-related problems. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8, 12-21.

Whiting, W. & Murdock, K.K. (2016). Emerging adults' sleep patterns and attentional capture: The pivotal role of consistency. Cognitive Processing, 17, 155 - 162.